Academics

Baccalaureate Level Goals

The faculty of the School of Nursing believes that the nurse prepared at the baccalaureate level contributes to the betterment of humankind and the advancement of nursing. In order to help graduates achieve this mission, the goals of the baccalaureate program are to:

1. Prepare professional nurses to provide care to individuals, families, and groups, within the context of community;
2. Prepare professional nurses who can effectively design, manage, and coordinate safe, quality care;
3. Prepare professional nurses to become active, engaged members of the profession;
4. Provide a foundation for graduate education.

Master’s Level Goals

The faculty of the School of Nursing believes that the nurse prepared at the master’s level contributes to the betterment of humankind and the advancement of nursing. To help graduates achieve this mission, the goals of the MSN and PMC programs are to:

1. Prepare graduates with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes for advanced nursing practice;
2. Prepare graduates to assume professional roles and responsibilities congruent with standards of advanced practice and leadership in the profession;
3. Prepare graduates to clarify and strengthen healthcare practice through inquiry and the application of evidence;
4. Prepare graduates to engage in the profession and contribute to society by using organizational, social, technological, and political processes;
5. Prepare graduates for continued personal growth and professional development.

DNP Level Goals

The faculty of the School of Nursing believes that the nurse prepared at the doctoral level contributes to the betterment of humankind and the advancement of nursing. To help graduates achieve this mission, the goals of the DNP program are to:

1. Educate professional nurses to translate evidence for interprofessional practice in advanced nursing roles across community and healthcare settings.
2. Prepare advanced practice registered nurses and nursing leaders to meet the healthcare needs of various individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations through curricular and service activity.
3. Provide leadership and clinical scholarship that informs quality and safety in healthcare systems.

Graduates of the Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing Program Outcomes

1. Caring: Provide compassionate, sensitive, and competent care to multiple patient/clients.
2. Ethics: Use an ethical decision-making process in practice that incorporates respect for various values and beliefs
3. Professionalism: Apply a value based system incorporating professional and legal standards to guide interaction with patients/clients, colleagues, faculty, other health professionals, and the public.
4. Health Promotion: Use strategies for health promotion, risk reduction and disease prevention across the life span.
5. Illness/ Disease Management: Assess and manage physical and psychosocial signs and symptoms related to disease and treatment across the lifespan to enhance quality of life.
6. Design and Coordination of Care: Develop, coordinate and manage care in conjunction with the patient/client and other disciplines.

Graduate of the Master of Science in Nursing Program Outcomes

1. Design & Coordination: Synthesize advanced knowledge from Nursing and related disciplines in the delivery of advanced nursing practice.
2. Illness & disease Management: Demonstrate competence in providing evidenced-based healthcare to varying populations.
3. Leadership: Demonstrate leadership activities to influence health policy and/or improve the healthcare delivery system
4. Translation: Advance the discipline and practice of nursing through participation, interpretation and translation of research into practice
5. Ethics & Professionalism: Demonstrate continued professional and ethical development

Graduates of the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program Outcomes

1. Analyze: Use evidence from nursing science with evidence from other relevant scientific disciplines to form a scientific foundation for advanced practice in nursing.
2. Integrate: Apply clinical scholarship, scientific evidence, and analytical methods to improve health care outcomes
3. Develop & Evaluate: Implementation systems to enhance safety and quality of healthcare.
4. Advocacy: Participate in collaborative interdisciplinary efforts to improve health outcomes at the practice/organization, community, state and national levels.
5. Cultivate: Engage in culturally competent and ethically sound advanced nursing practice.
6. Leadership: Demonstrate leadership in the improvement of patient outcomes and transformation of health care delivery.
7. Process Improvement: Directly manage complex health problems of clients or develop and implement organizational systems to facilitate access and navigation of the health care system